Written by Spencer | 04 March 2010

Jazz Sign Othyus Jeffers to a 10-Day Contract

Sorry I didn't mean to make the Font that large or that important but what is done is done. I got roped into watching The Time Traveler's Wife with Mrs. UtahJazzBlog  after school last night. So the new player news had to wait until Thursday. If you go to the link you can find out anything you have ever wanted to know about Mr. Jeffers. Here is some film If you would like to watch more movies or highlights on this kid here is a link to all his videos on the world wide web. So until a few weeks ago when the Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks, the Suns had lost lost 18 straight TNT games, which I'm sure includes the playoffs. The Jazz are really good on TNT unless they are  playing the Lakers. The Utah Jazz are 4-0 this year on TNT including a blowout in S.A., a Thanksgiving feast against the Bulls, a 17 point comeback against the Magic, and the unforgettable and now legendary Sundiata Gaines shot to beat the Cavs. This will be our last TNT appearance of the Season and Deron Williams should come back with a vengance after his poor perfomance against the Clippers on Monday night. Here are some stat comparisons.

Jazz	Key Team Stats	Suns
102.4	Points scored	109.2
97.6	Points allowed	106.0
.490	FG% own	.487
.448	FG% opposition	.456
.350	3PT% own	.405
.354	3PT% opposition	.357
616	Offensive Rebounds	690
1856	Defensive Rebounds	1946
2472	Total Rebounds	2636
1.8	Assist/Turnover Ratio	1.6
22.1	Fouls Per Game	20.7

Scoring Stats	Jazz		Suns
	Stat	Rk	Stat	Rk
Winning %	.633	8	.613	9
Points Per Game	102.4	7	109.2	1
Points Allowed Per Game	97.6	13	106.0	28
Points Off Turnovers Per Game	18.4	3	14.3	30
Points Allowed Off Turnovers Per Game	17.1	21	18.0	26
Field Goals Attempted	4754	21	5169	3
Opposition Field Goals Attempted	4699	7	5426	30
Field Goals Made	2329	5	2518	1
Opposition Field Goals Made	2103	5	2475	30
Field Goal %	.490	1	.487	3
Opposition Field Goal %	.448	8	.456	14
Free Throws Attempted	1620	4	1554	9
Opposition Free Throws Attempted	1654	28	1578	23
Free Throws Made	1195	5	1194	6
Opposition Free Throws Made	1254	26	1202	21
Free Throw %	.738	24	.768	12
Opposition Free Throw %	.758	12	.762	16

All week I have been super confident that we would win this game tonight without any problems. I woke up this morning and had that sudden gut wrenching feeling that maybe the anual April meltdown was coming early this year. You know the won where we lose 6 of 8 and drop to sixth in the playoffs. In case you have forgotten here is a link to the feeling I had last year after a crappy loss. Deron Williams has to shoot better than 40% tonight and Carlos Boozer has to out rebound Amare in order for us to win. I'm not asking for much and not asking for a miracle, just a win. Hurray the Heat and Lakers are on prior to Jazz/Suns meaning we will probably miss part of the first quarter due to tons of commercials and timeouts. Predictions- Jazz 104 Suns 103 in  a buckle up game.

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